It was better than writing home and saying, “Hello.

那起码也要比以下这种情况好多了：一封信报告说“你们好，我思念你们。

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You are obligated to send him a letter every month, to report to him on your studies and life at school. It will be just like writing home to your parents, that is, if they were still alive.

每个月你必须寄一封信给他，向他报告你的学习及生活情况，就像写信回家给你的双亲一样如果他们还在人世的话。

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Lessons are extremely practical and include work on farming, carpentry, health and running a home, as well as lessons on the basic skills of reading, writing and arithmetic.

课程非常实用，包括农耕、木工、健康和家庭管理，以及阅读、写作和算术的基本技能课程。

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During the conflict he was responsible for writing home to the families of fallen men.

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He quotes extensively from letters and diaries of ordinary workers writing home to their families.

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The book, available on the government court document system Pacer, was not a best seller but for Bodnar it beat writing letters home from prison.

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